I find it pretty curious that they would want people to own the old bounds volumes. There's too much "incriminating" evidence in them. I would love to see in these reprints how much stuff they actually end up revising (ie. like some date changes etc.)
joenobody
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11-02 KM: "Order 1950-9 Bound Volumes!"
by AMNESIAN inreproduced from the november, 2002 us km - (apologies if this was covered previously.
if it was, i missed it.
) i found it puzzling: .
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How did you feel about 'fake' witnesses?
by Simon ini'm sure you know the ones i mean ... they decided to have a family 'present day' on dec 26th each year so that the kids could announce what presents they got while the rest of us 'zealots' were getting the piss taken out of us.. at the time, i could not understand how or why they did it or got away with it - it seemed obvious to me that thwy were celebrating christmas and we were not supposed to.
but hell, what did i know ... i was only a kid ... not an elder .
now, i kind-a-think "yeah, do what's right for your kids" but also "you're not fooling anyone!
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joenobody
<P>The last couple of years I was in (and appointed at the time) we instituted "Giftsmas" in our home.</P>
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TOILET CUBICLE PHILOSOPHY
by BATHORY inhello hobbits.
having had to make some public transport arrangements of late as the nsx is in the workshop enjoying a makeover and lube, i have been exposed to the wittings on walls, often found in public toilets.. today i found myself a guest at a train station cubicle on the way back from work.. as i sat on the ' throne ', i decided to make some note on the masonry wall, as to my state of mind at the time.
i wrote something to the effect..... ' and the daemon before vanishing uttered his last three words then fled.."god is dead ".
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joenobody
Heh heh... are you a fan of BR-549 Francois?
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Jobs that the WTS doesn't approve of
by freedom96 inthere were several different careers that the wts did not aprove of.
such as a being a cop, for having a gun.
couldn't be a martial arts instructor.. maybe it was a well paying career.. did you have a job that was not approved of?
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joenobody
There was a local elder that was a police officer - he's retired now. Upon retirement he was one of 4 Deputies of a large city. Never carried a gun - nobody complained.
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The "keystone" of the Watchtower.
by thinker inrecently someone here wrote a thread which basically said that if a certain gb member had only spoken up and proclaimed that 1914 was a proven incorrect date, then the whole watchtower organization would have crumbled.
1914 was claimed to be the essential doctrine of the wt.
i humbly disagree.
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joenobody
I am glad that the carrot of "Paradise" that is dangled in front of Witnesses has been addressed. I often reasoned when struggling to come to terms with being a Dub that most of them wouldn't preach door-to-door were it not for the big reward they were to receive. If we had a responsibility to our Creator to please him and serve him out of indebtedness, but there was no Paradise at the end of things, how many would be serving?
I concluded: Not Many.
It floored me how much emphasis was placed on selling converts on Paradise (how long did we use that red "Live Forever" book?) and not responsibility in some greater court-case being tried between the Creator and Satan. That's when I came to realize that it was all salesmanship and nothing more...
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Is there a site with reprint/CD differences?
by joenobody in.
does anyone have a link or a site that details the differences between original wt magazines, 1st edition bound volumes those articles found in reprints and the cd-roms?
i am looking to see what sort of revisionist history has gone on..
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joenobody
Does anyone have a link or a site that details the differences between original WT magazines, 1st edition bound volumes those articles found in reprints and the CD-ROMs? I am looking to see what sort of revisionist history has gone on.
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Quiz - are you a genius?
by Sirona ini was given this quiz and i enjoyed it so much that i thought i'd post it here.
i assume that all the posts after this one (assuming there are any!!!
) will contain peoples answers, so if you just want to do the quiz, don't read past my post just yet!
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joenobody
I got 24 as a Canadian... looked at the answers afterwards and excused myself on 3 or 4 that were too "British" for my liking. I missed a couple that should've been obvious (ie. 5 toes on a foot, 64 squares on a chess board).
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All bookstudies at the KH???
by Intuit39 ini know of a congregation on the east coast that is having all bookstudies meet at the kingdom hall!
that's right--no bookstudies in private homes, at least for now.... has anyone else heard of this?
and what could be the reason?
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joenobody
Ahhh yes... I almost forgot about one of the only things I liked about the meetings... the bookstudy when we would have cake and goodies afterward. One brother where we had the study had coffee at least once a month, plus he had a pool table. We'd end the study in about 45 minutes and then would retire to the pool table... ah lovely!
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New JW web site tackles tough issues
by watchman in.
site dicusses silentlambs, ngo, 1914, and other topics, offering fresh biblical perspective.
http://www.e-watchman.com/index.html
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joenobody
Now we know where YouKnow has been - getting his site up!
In all seriousness, has anyone investigated the domain registration a little further? Seems awfully strange...
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Your Cheesiest/Silliest/Strangest WTScans
by Stephanus ini've been enjoying scanning bits and pieces of ruth's old 'tower magazines.
many of us will have old copies of the literature lying around, so why not scan something that's particularly meaningful to you?
here's my offering to start the ball rolling.
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joenobody
Sisters always hike in high heels!